Resources

Trauma Curriculum: Moving Toward a Trauma-Responsive Court

In addition to the Trauma and Child Development Tool Kit, and as a part of the trauma-responsive court initiative, the Office of Family Courts has developed a curriculum for a 3-hour, interactive, multidisciplinary workshop.

 

Quick link for child development milestones and red flags, and common traumatic stress reactions.birth to 5PDF Download. 年 6 to 12PDF Download. 年 13 to 18PDF Download.

ACEs BookletPDF Download

Aces Too High

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Child Development Site

Center for Youth Wellness

Florida State University’s Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Tiny Chats: Walking A Mile in Their Shoes

Trauma and Neuroscience

Understanding Child TraumaPDF Download

Archived News

Canada’s trauma-informed carePDF Download approach to opioids.

Changing Minds, from The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Futures Without Violence, and the Ad Council have developed a new website to raise awareness about what brain science tells us regarding the impact of childhood trauma. The website also includes practical age-related tips for how to help children overcome the negative effects of trauma. The website details five healing gestures: celebrate, comfort, collaborate, listen, and inspire.

Milestones in Action, an exciting new website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a free library of photos and videos that illustrate developmental milestones. This resource provides information for children age two months through five years.

Red Flags of TraumaPDF Download, a quick guide for judges, developed by Retired Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Risk and Protective Factors for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Across the Life Cycle.PDF Download This guide offers risk and protective factors for infancy and early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Designed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, with source data from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, this document is easy to read and serves as an informative benchcard.

Trauma and Toxic Stress, Florida now has its own trauma and toxic stress website, a state clearinghouse for trauma information and resources. 

Last Modified: February 13, 2024